Howard wrote:

The water trick has been known about for many years..... it does definitely
work..... I've decarboned engines this way before by simply pouring it down
the carb..... I've been suggesting this to the UL people for use on their
Rotax engines for years, but everybody is concerned about bearings..... It
is my opinion that in a warm engine which is run for awhile after doing this
it should present no problem provided it isn't under heavy load at the
time..... as suggested one needs exercise a bit of judgement here...... you
don't just pour a gallon jug of water down the carb all at once..... It's
pretty easy to regulate by the way the engine runs..... You'd have to pour
quite a slug of water in at one time to "hydraulic" an engine and damage it.

                                                    H.W.

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